Primary Care Sheffield helps to co-ordinate the Neighbourhood Learning Network, a citywide network of all of Sheffield’s 16 neighbourhoods, enabling them to share learning and best practice and supporting them to work together. One of the neighbourhoods has introduced a new approach to supporting the people who are most at risk of being admitted to hospital to keep well and at home, this is the Virtual Ward.

This video featuring Dr Maria Read, Sheffield GP and Primary Care Sheffield director and clinical lead describes what a virtual ward is and how the approach has been implemented. Matron, Nicola Keith explains the impact the virtual ward has had on professionals and patient, George Hurt shares his experiences of the new approach to managing his care and how this has enabled him to keep well at home.